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**forebirdo** · 11-13-2011, 04:00 PM

Dont you think you are contradicting yourself? Massa was becoming a better driver then Kimi, and had a very good chance for the wdc. I'm not sure how things would have been if he did not have that accident in Hungry, but he would have been a much better driver vs what we have seen since.

Based on what? Could it possibly be that Räikkönen was just having a bad spell like Lewis Hamilton this year? This so called "beating" happened in 2008 when for some reason there was a slump in Räikkönen's performance and Massa did very well. In 2009 Massa scored more points up to his accident than Kimi but Räikkönen outqualified him more often than not and was on the podium at Monaco in a mediocre car in what was the team's most competitive showing before Spa. This Massa beating Räikkönen and ice cream took a life of its own fuelled by Montezemolo and co. who wanted Alonso in his place for many reasons, one of them being Santander.

Anyway, back to the topic. I don't think Kimi'd go back there and I don't think they'd want to hire a driver they paid so much money not to race their cars.

11-13-2011, 04:00 PM	#9
forebirdo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 584 Senior Member	Dont you think you are contradicting yourself? Massa was becoming a better driver then Kimi, and had a very good chance for the wdc. I'm not sure how things would have been if he did not have that accident in Hungry, but he would have been a much better driver vs what we have seen since. Based on what? Could it possibly be that Räikkönen was just having a bad spell like Lewis Hamilton this year? This so called "beating" happened in 2008 when for some reason there was a slump in Räikkönen's performance and Massa did very well. In 2009 Massa scored more points up to his accident than Kimi but Räikkönen outqualified him more often than not and was on the podium at Monaco in a mediocre car in what was the team's most competitive showing before Spa. This Massa beating Räikkönen and ice cream took a life of its own fuelled by Montezemolo and co. who wanted Alonso in his place for many reasons, one of them being Santander. Anyway, back to the topic. I don't think Kimi'd go back there and I don't think they'd want to hire a driver they paid so much money not to race their cars.
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